Kenyan capital, 4 other counties in lockdown as virus cases surge

Uhuru Kenyatta.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta. 

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the cessation of all movement into and out of the capital Nairobi and four other counties following a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases.

Beginning midnight Friday, nobody will be allowed to move into and out of Nairobi, Kajiado, Machakos, Kiambu and Nakuru counties.